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s; H. RAYMOND.

VEHICLE SPRING.

No. 404,560. Patented June 4, 1889* I (No Model.)

PATENT OFFICE."

SILAS n. RAYMOND, or GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGA N, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE RAYMOND& on SAME PLACE.

VEHICLE-SPRING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 404,560, dated June 4,1889. Application filed March 2, 1889. Serial No. 301,782. (No model.)

,T 0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SILAs H. RAYMOND, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Springs, of which the following is a specifi-- cation.

This invention relates to a spring-connection to the body of a vehicle,and to arms which are designed in whole or in part to support thevehicle-body, as more fully described below; and the objects of myinvention are, first, to construct a spring which is a perfect I 5equalizer, preventing tipping or rocking of the body; second, to soconstruct the same that it can be readily applied to any kind ofvehicles; third, to give durability and efficiency to the spring andattaching parts and provide for the ready and cheap replacement of anypart in case of breakage. These ob;

jects I accomplish by means of the mechanism illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan View of mynewly-invented vehicle-spring and a portion of the vehicle-body to whichit may be attached. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view takenthrough the shackles. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of 0 one of thebody-pieces 0, showing amodified form of attachment of spring-shackle.Fig. at shows a modified form of the spring, and Fig. 5 shows a modifiedform of the attachment to the arms.

- 3 5 Similarletters refer to similar parts through-- out the severalviews.

In the drawings, 0 C are timbers forming a part or attached to thevehicle-body in any suitable manner. Attached to the timbers O 0 C aretwo shackles. (Shown by R B.) These I prefer to attach by means of ashort arm, (shown by F F,) in order to allow a swinging motion to theshackles; but instead of using the arms F F the shackle may have ajournal or 5 stud at either end, supported in a slot, as shown in Fig. 3by S S, which method of support will allow the shackles to adjustthemselves as the springs are acted upon. The spring, which may consistof one or more spring-bars, is securely connected at each end to theshackles R R. In Fig. 1 of the drawings I have shown three rods or barsD D D extending from R to R. The form of the bars is immaterial so longas the spring spans the space between the shackles R R.

Fig. A shows a form of leaf-spring which I deem peculiarly adapted to myinvention, as it contains strength and elasticity. I prefer to constructeach of the shackles R R in two parts and to clamp the ends of thespring between such parts by means of bolts. Near "the center of thespring D, I provide two shackles K K, secured upon the spring,preferably made to have a small sliding motion thereon. A A are two armspivoted to the vehicle-body at E. The inner ends of the arms A A arepivoted to a lug E on the shackle K, and the outer ends of the arms aresupported by the side bars B B, as shown in Fig. 1.

Instead of using the two sliding shackles K K, a double shackle,provided with two links connecting the shackle to the arms A A, may beused, as shown in Fig. 5, in which figure I have shown the centershackle by K and the connecting-links by L L. By this construction theshackles would not slide on the spring, as the links would allow forfull play for the arms. I deem this form peculiarly adapted to the useof a leaf-spring.

Having thus described myinvention, whatI claim to have invented, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a vehicle, the vehicle-body, two arms, each pivoted to thevehicle-body at a point near the center of said arms, two side barssupporting the outer ends of such arms, a longitudinal spring, a movableshackle at each end of the spring and connected to the vehicle-body, andtwo center shackles, each of which center shackles is secured to the 9spring between the end shackles and pivoted, one to the inner end ofeach arm, substantially as described.

2. In a vehicle, the combination of the vehicle-body, two movableshackles supported by the vehicle-body, a spring with each end securedto one of these shackles and spanning the space between such shackles,two arms, and two side bars, each arm attached at its inner end to thespring near the center of I00 said spring and at its outer end to a sidebar, and supported at a point between its inner and outer ends on apivot connected with the vehicle-body, substantially as described.

In a vehicle, the combination of the vehicle-body, arms supported at theouter ends by side bars, a spring, attached at each end of the body nearthe outer side thereof and spanning the space between suchconnectingpoints, said arms pivoted near the center of each arm to thebody and at their inner ends connected to the spring near the centerthereof, said body supported upon such arms,

which are in turn supported upon the side bars, said spring and armsacting as an equalizer, always keeping the Vehicle-body in a horizontalposition, substantially as de scribed.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presenceof two witnesses.

SILAS H. RAYMOND.

IVitnesses:

HUGH E. WILSON, HARRY P. VAN WAoNER.

